Matthew 17:4
He did not know what he was saying. Before the Savior’s passion and resurrection, and before the dissolution of death and the corruption of our bodies, it was impossible for Peter to dwell with Christ and to long for the tents in heaven. Those things must come after the Savior’s resurrection and ascent into heaven (Matthew 17:4).
Greek
Οὐκ ᾔδει τί ἐλάλει· πρὸ γὰρ τοῦ πάθους καὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεως τοῦ σωτῆρος καὶ τῆς καταλύσεως τοῦ θανάτου καὶ τῆς φθορᾶς τῶν σωμάτων ἡμῶν ἀδύνατον ἦν τὸν Πέτρον συνεῖναι Χριστῷ καὶ τῶν σκηνῶν ἐφίεσθαι τῶν ἐν οὐρανῷ· ταῦτα γὰρ δεῖ γενέσθαι μετὰ τὴν τοῦ σωτῆρος ἀνάστασιν καὶ εἰς οὐρανὸν ἀνάβασιν.
About this text
Catena fragments on Matthew (CPG 5206). Contents follow Matthew chapter and verse. Edition fragment numbers stay in About this text and under each passage.
English follows the named copy-text (Aegean/khazarzar Migne PG 72 extract). Other prints were checked as noted; no silent merge of recensions.
Witnesses
- Copy-text Migne PG 72 Commentarii in Matthaeum (Aegean Digital Patrologia / khazarzar) (Greek · CPG 5206 catena fragments (290 parsed heads))
- Checked print matia.gr mirror of same Aegean extract (Greek · Byte-identical PDF; integrity check only)
- Checked print Internet Archive PG 72 volume OCR (bim … 1859_72) (Greek (OCR damaged) · Locus confirmation only; not used as reading text)
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